ECDC cooperates with international partners, such as the World Health Organization and the centres for disease control and prevention (CDCs) across the globe.
ECDC also cooperates with EU candidate countries, potential candidate countries, and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries.
In the context of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) conference of the Belgian EU presidency, with ECDC as one of the organisers, the Director participated in the high-level meeting ‘An EU Health Emergency’ in Brussels.
An ECDC expert was in Zambia from 25 March to support in the response to the recent cholera outbreak as part of and funded by the ‘ECDC for Africa CDC’ project.
The Head of ECDC's Emergency Preparedness and Response section, Thomas Hofmann, visited Africa CDC on 25 and 26 of April to meet Dr. Merawi Aragaw, Head of Surveillance, and other experts involved in the ECDC4AfricaCDC project.
Today, the ECDC, ECHA, EEA, EFSA and EMA published a joint framework for action to strengthen cooperation to support the implementation of the One Health agenda in the European Union (EU).